Bollywood Bands & Dancers, Bhangra & Gida

The excitement and colour of the Bollywood, Bhangra and Gida dance production is a must for an eventful function...

A short description to what Bollywood is
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai,
India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian Cinema; it is only a part of the
Indian film industry. (1) Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the
world. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood.
Bollywood is generally referred to as Hindi cinema, though frequent use of poetic Urdu words is fairly
common. There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not
uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with english words and phrases, or even whole
sentences.
Navrati, Raas Garba & Dandiya
Navrati, Raas Garba, Dandiya is the most awaited traditional dance festival in India.
A short description to what does mean?
Garba is an Indian form of dance that originated in the Gujarat region. It is more similar to
Western folk dance than to the presentational style of Indian Classical dances.
The name garba comes from the Sanskrit term Garba ("womb") and Deep ("a
small earthenware lamp"). Many traditional garbas are performed around a central lit lamp. The
circular and spiral figures of Garba have similarities to other spiritual dances. Traditionally it is
performed during the nine-day Hindu festival Navrati.
Here in the UK, millions celebrate this festival during September/October which also runs for 9 days of
singing and dancing.
We have performed for this festival as far as Canada and we tend to get booked in blocks of either 5,
6, 7, 8 or the full 9 days, but doing the full 9 days can get a bit too much as you are likely to play
almost non-stop for about 4-5 hours!
Bhangra - What is this exactly?
Bhangra is a generic term that has been adopted to describe modern Asian Pop Music. However it is
actually the correct term for the traditional Agricultural folk music originating from the Punjab region
in the sub-continent of India. Traditional Bhangra has always played a major part in the life of the
people and forms an integral part of the fabric of the society.
Modern Bhangra began in the UK about twenty years ago and has its roots firmly in the traditional folk
songs of the Punjab. Musically the traditional rhythms were adapted to modern musical instruments
with the traditional Dhol, Dholkee, Tadh, Tumbi, Tabla and Sarangi providing the unique Bhangra
sounds. The appeal to the young, first and second generation UK Asians was instant.
Now, with Bollywood Music Band, as we specialise in mainly Bollywood Music we dont sing a lot of
Punjabi or bhangra tracks. This is normally played and looked after our DJs as modern Punjabi and
bhangra tracks are all very fast paced, and because of the speed its used either half way through our
performance to get the crown dancing or at the end when we just want to speed things up.
Mehfils What is this exactly ?
A mehfil is a gathering or evening of courtly entertainment of poetry or concert of Indian Classical
Music (particularly Hindustani Classical Music) and dance, performed for a small audience in an
intimate setting.
Now from above, you can tell where some of the instruments and players now fall in, and this is quite
a unique event as its all unplugged so no electronic instruments are used apart from hand crafted
natural instruments, like the Harmonium and Tablas.

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